State television showed Assad attending prayers in a Damascus mosque, and enjoying coffee and cake, the BBC reported.

The network also said that protests took place around Syrian cemeteries, where it is customary to visit graves during Eid.

Tuesday's violence comes after security forces reportedly killed at least eight people a day earlier.

Also on Monday, U.N. Security Council ambassadors met in New York to discuss two different U.N. draft resolutions on Syria.

Russia introduced a resolution on Friday that called for Assad's government to halt its crackdown protesters and initiate reforms.

The document did not mention the sanctions sought by the U.S. and European nations earlier this month.

The U.N. has previously said that Assad's regime could be guilty of crimes against humanity.

It estimates that more than 2,200 people have been killed in the government's crackdown on protests.

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